Social Justice …On the Move!

Vol. 40, No 4 Winter 2007 Social Justice

…On the Move! Contents 3 Editorial Foreword 4 President’s Message by Ann Marie Brennan 6 Humanity, Dignity, and Divinity by Jen Horan 8 Experiencing Detention Ministry by Augustine Won 10 The Search for Peace with Justice by Father Ben Urmston, S.J. NCLC-USA NATIONAL 11 Refl ections from Mwanza on CLC and Enduring Justice by COORDINATING COUNCIL MEMBERS Tom Bausch 14 Enfl eshing EverMORE the Word of JUSTICE by John EXCO MEMBERS LeVecke, S.J. Ann Marie Brennan, President 16 A Year-End Refl ection by Tina Vu Thomas Bausch, Past President 18 A Workshop on Ignatian Spirituality and CLC by Ady P. Viera Paula Burgan, Secretary Kitty Gray, Treasurer 19 Un Taller Sobre la Espiritualidad Ignaciana y la CVX by Ady John LeVecke, S.J., Ecclesial Assistant P. Viera REPRESENTATIVES 20 Refl ections on the Gathering of ExCo and Dong Hanh’s Gia Angelique Ruhi-Lopez & Dinh Thanh Tam’s in October by Sacred Heart Family/GDTT Carmen Santamaria 23 Projects 136 Youth and Young Adult Coordinators 25 A Reminder from the Diversity and Organization Committee Lois Campbell, WCLC Representative Susan Stith, Mid-Atlantic 26 UN Report Mary Wescovich, Missouri 26 Youth and Young Adult Updates Clarivel Marin de Dragas, New England 27 From the Regions Carmen Castagno, New Orleans Bruce Filak, New York Missouri Region Bonnie Hugeback, North Central Rieman Great Lakes Region Tom Taylor, Northwest New York Region Carol Klosowski-Gawecki, Rieman Great Lakes 28 North Central Region Clarita Baloyra, South Florida New England Region Steve Pehanich, Western 29 Western Region Liem Le, Vietnamese CLC Bibiana Hae Ja Rhee, Korean CLC 29 From our Treasurer 30 Proposal for an American Catholic Council Coordinating Editor 31 From South Africa Dolores Celentano 32 National Ignatian Spirituality Conference IV Layout & Design 32 Calendar of Events Patricia Carter Vol. 40, No. 4, 2008 32 Next Issue Christian Life Community® Harvest (USPS 985-900: ISSN-0739-6422) is published quarterly by the National CLC-USA Office National Christian Life Community® of the United States of America, 3601 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis, 3501 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63108 MO 63108 314-633-4628. Subscriptions are $24 per year USA; $28 foreign, $34 foreign air mail. Items can be faxed to: 314-633-4400. POSTMASTER: Send all changes of address to (Be sure to indicate that the fax is for NCLC.) Christian Life Community® Harvest, 3601 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63108. Visit our web site: www.clc-usa.org. Periodicals postage paid at St. Louis, Missouri Harvest / 2 EDITORIAL FOREWORD sons for these inequities, and try to bring true social justice Community of Christ, look past the Church’s door and see to our neighbors… the refugee, the hungry, and the poor, “As this Harvest takes a Take hands with the oppressed, the jobless in your street, more in depth look at Social take towel and water, that you wash you neighbor’s feet. Justice, we can see that the Community of Christ, through whom the word must charism of Christian Life Com- sound—cry out for justice and for peace the whole munity® practiced fully is a true world round: service to our world. Disarm the pow’rs that war and all that can destroy, turn bombs to bread, and tears of anguish into joy An important aspect of Bernadette Farrell, Community of Christ CLC is our work in the world and our collaboration with As members of Christian Life Community®, these ‘others of good will’ on issues, actions, or in prayer that words ring true in light of our thoughts on Social Justice, bring our world more in line with what we would desire and our ‘preferential option for the poor’. Of course, we for the Trinity to see in our world.” have not limited our understanding of poor to those who only need more fi nancial assistance. We see many who “…the idea of a faith that does justice and encouraged are needy around us—the many who seem to exist on the participants to consider CLC as a means for facilitating fringes of our society because of inopportune circum- discernment with their social justice groups. stances of living, e.g., lack of jobs which leads to inability There are people all around us who carry with them to maintain necessary family needs, absence of decent the wounds of Christ every day.” housing for those in dire straits, new immigrants(legal or otherwise) adjusting to a different culture, incarceration, “I felt that God was calling me to go and stand with Je- the hungry, homeless, chronically or terminally ill, elderly, sus Christ by reaching out to His neighbors who, although families faced with very little or no means to support their unknown entities to me, were my neighbors as well.” children, as well as those of our citizenry at subsistence levels without medical care, those affected by injustice, “Grounded in my faith and Catholic teaching, I now prejudice, local strife, oppression and war…the list could have the basic elements of what that way would be: a com- go on and on. mon ethic shared by all religions; the various forms of non –violence; a culture of basic human rights embedded in Each of these categories highlights the necessity that our legal and constitutional structures; widespread owner- ordinary citizens like ourselves join forces with others ship of the factories and farms; and a democratic world in order to bring about what is required, whether it be authority.” by working to provide needed services (whether they be physical, monetary or legal), and also by striving to restore “Living in Africa renewed for me our CLC and Igna- the dignity that each is entitled to as a Child of God…and tian call to the greater good in all we do; the call to change as our brothers or sisters. This effort necessitates involve- structures, to go where others do not go, and to do this ment not only at the local level, but through our elected with hope. This is a call to reconcile our specifi c fi niteness offi cials who represent us statewide as well as nationally; of time and place with the universal work we are called to your computer and letters to the editor are wonderful tools do.” in this venture…how’s that for being a contemplative in “It is my sincere hope that as a National community, action in the 21st century? we will continue to be “on the move” as His companions So it is necessary for us to become more actively in- as He was in His earthly journey to constantly readdress volved in order to lobby for change, no matter how small. and deepen ever more our Ignatian commitment to bring Perhaps we should aim to begin locally and then utilize our greater justice into our world.” country’s legislative systems for making broader changes We are also sharing a young adult CLCer’s impres- by not quitting the battle(which it is) until we actually see sions of her participation in the recent Ninth International some of the underlying causes of injustice being confront- Youth Forum held in Rome; an update on the potential ed publicly and politically, so others can see and hopefully development of CLC in the Charlotte, NC area; and some realize that each of us is responsible for those suffering in refl ections on the meeting of the New England Region’s our society. meeting with ExCo and members of a Dong Hanh com- In this issue, we have an opportunity to glimpse what munity. We are happy to include Projects 136, Towards paths some of our members have taken to confront the rea- Continued on page 7 Back to Table of Contents President’s Message

Ann Marie Brennan

In the Spiritual Exercises, St. Ignatius provides a Contemplation where the Trin- ity looks at the whole world. There is the colorful sphere of landscape and water, the green, the brown, the blue… There are no visible political lines. The Trinity looks at all the people in this world—and sees our sinfulness. Yet, the Trinity makes a choice to love us—all of us—and missions Christ to show us the Way, the Truth, and the Life. As this Harvest takes a more in depth look at Social Justice, we can see that the charism of Christian Life Community® practiced fully is a true service to our world. As a discerning body with a worldview, we look at the sinful situations in our world and present ourselves freely before God to hear and respond to God’s call for us in these situations—individually and collectively. There is no shortage of problems for sure! But in using social analysis and Ignatian criteria in choosing where to engage—identi- fying the greatest need and discerning where we can effect the greatest good—we can Ann Marie Brennan be assured that we are doing our part in fulfi lling the mission of Christ, prompted by the President love of the Trinity. The United Nations body regularly looks to the spiritual groups of its Non-Gov- ernmental Organizations—of which CLC is one—as the greatest resource in bringing about peace in our world “…to harness the power of religious tolerance and spiritual faith to educate and mobilize their communities to focus on reducing divisions and ancient antipathies.” (www.millenniumpeacesummit.com/news000725.html)) To stay abreast of the work of our World CLC NGO, look for the bulletins which are distrib- uted three times a year and can also be found on the World CLC website.( http://www. cvx-clc.net/news.htm) The CLC-USA contact to the World CLC NGO is Maggie Khuly; look for her regularly featured article in Harvest and periodic action alerts sent out to all our CLC-USA membership. The currently discerned focus areas of our CLC- NGO are water and forced migration. An important aspect of CLC is our work in the world and our collaboration with Questions for Discussion “others of good will” on issues, actions, or in prayer that bring our world more in line 1. What are the situations with what we would desire for the Trinity to see in our world. Just last Summer, we in which you and/or your formed an Apostolic Action Team to begin gathering information on how our national community are engaged in community is currently engaged in social justice. Listed below are some collaborators promoting social justice? worth noting. 2. How do you and your Partnership for Global Justice, also known as the Religious Orders Partnership community practice (ROP). CLC is a member of this organization of many religious groups. It offers edu- Ignatian discernment in cational programs which promote global citizenship and global spirituality, providing identifying God’s call to many groups with resources to expand their vision of the universe and promote justice you to live a life that is issues in collaboration with other religious. When I fi rst participated in one of their UN socially just? orientation courses, I was in awe realizing the large force for good that these religious women – and some men—have at the UN. Their dynamic presence is an inspiration for 3. What are the challenges many, so much so that if more young women and men were aware of them, I believe and graces you and your there would be a surge in vocations! Coming this April 10-13th , the ROP, Campus community experience in Ministry at Fordham University, and our CLC UN Working Group in NY are coordinat- exploring and/or partici- ing a UN Orientation for university CLC students. For more information on the ROP, pating in the work of so- go to: www.religiousorderspartnership.org/ cial justice organizations like ones listed above? Jesuit Social Ministries Offi ce in Washington, D.C. Last November, our CLC delega- tion had a “providential” opportunity to meet with the full staff of the Jesuit Social Back to Table of Contents Ministries Offi ce who happened to be together on the that every person is to be welcomed by the disciple as if he morning of our annual CLC meeting with Paul Macke, or she were Christ himself and in the right of every human S.J., of the National Jesuit Conference Offi ce. Here we had being to pursue, without restraint, the call of holiness.” opportunities to explore ways that we might work together. The USCCB website offers a wealth of information All CLC-USA should be aware that this offi ce, comprised regarding social justice issues. Go to: www.usccb.org of several full-time social analysts, welcomes opportuni- and click on the icon for Social Justice Issues. There you ties to speak with groups regarding social justice issues, should see a listing of links for over fi fteen specifi c issues including education and advocacy. Additionally, they have plus links to Catholic Social Justice Teaching and Faith- offered their expert services to review special appeals ful Citizenship. This last document is very thorough and which CLC is requested to either co-sponsor or co-sign. To especially helpful for this upcoming year as we approach fi nd out more, go to: www.jesuit.org/SocialJustice On this our national elections. site, you can also fi nd several levels of ways to advocate on issues such as immigration, war and violence, domestic JustFaith. Many of our CLCers have participated in the poverty and Africa. JustFaith program and have found it to be very worth- while. Our CLC Apostolic Action Team is looking into We would encourage regional CLC leadership to meet developing a pilot program that works in the CLC format with their respective Jesuit Province Social Ministries Of- with the JustFaith format. For those of you unfamiliar with fi ce, which is also committed to being available for social JustFaith: “JustFaith Ministries offers extended justice for- justice education and advocacy. Just last year, Fr. Mark mation programs that provide opportunities for individuals Hallinan, S.J., met with our NY CLC Peace and Justice to study and be formed by the justice tradition articulated Committee to do just this; and he also spent a day with by the Scriptures, the Church’s historical witness, theologi- the NY CLC region for a day of refl ection on Charity and cal inquiry and Church social teaching. JustFaith Minis- Justice. tries programs help individuals experience conversion—a Ignatian Solidarity Network. As many of you know, this change of heart—integrating their personal spirituality network comprises various Ignatian groups and sponsors with social commitment. Participants are empowered to two annual Teach Ins at which CLC has had a fairly good develop a passion and thirst for justice and to express this presence. The November Teach In has always been held at passion in concrete acts of social ministry in their parish or the School of the Americas in Georgia. The March Teach church—and in the community at large.” For more infor- In is held on an issue of relevance: last year it was in New mation, go to: www.justfaith.org. Orleans; this year it is in LA on the topic of immigration. In conclusion, on behalf of CLC-USA, I wish to ex- This network is fairly new and will no doubt grow. Our press sincere condolences to the family and friends of our CLC-USA leadership plans to work more with this organi- beloved CLCer, Fr. Bill Kidwell, S.J., of the New Orleans zation. Go to: www.ignatiansolidarity.net Province and John McDonald of Omaha, Nebraska, who United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Coming died this past year. Fr. Kidwell dedicated many years this February 24 –27th , 2008, several members of CLC working enthusiastically with young people in Miami and will be attending The Catholic Social Ministry Gathering was a strong advocate for Right to Life issues. John Mc- which brings together more than 600 social ministry lead- Donald died courageously in extending the ultimate sign of ers from all over the United States and from national Cath- peace, offering his own life to save the lives of many oth- olic organizations for four days of prayer and refl ection, ers. Both are models for us of the Trinity’s love. May they witness and celebration. If you are planning to attend this now celebrate this love in Heaven. conference, be sure to contact Steve Pehanich, chair of our national CLC Apostolic Action Team, as he will be orga- nizing a gathering for our CLC participants there. For more THE INSTITUTE OF MIGRATION, CULTURE AND MINISTRY information: www.usccb.org/sdwp/projects/csmgindex. shtml or www.usccb.org/sdwp/projects/csmgindex011608. This institute is a project of the New England, New York and Maryland provinces of the Society of Jesus. The main shtml. The Apostolic Action team is also encouraging all offi ce is hosted by Loyola College in Maryland. Their “... of us to look at the website: www.justiceforimmigrants.org. primary purpose is to advance ministry with and on behalf of This site provides information and advocacy opportuni- those who have found it necessary to leave their homelands ties on immigration reform in this country. It is served by and seek employment, shelter and a more dignifi ed life in our the USCCB Migration and Refugee Services which carries region.” Visit the web site at: http://www.iomcm.org. out the commitment of our US bishops “to serve and advo- Fr. Bill Rickle, S.J., the Director, has a blog at: http://bill- cate for immigrants, refugees, migrants, and people on the ricklesj.blogspot.com/ move. This commitment is rooted in the Gospel mandate Back to Table of Contents Humanity, Dignity, and Divinity

THE IGNATIAN SOLIDARITY NETWORK TEACH-IN AS A CALL TO RECOGNIZE CHRIST IN WOUNDEDNESS

Jen Horan

Each year, thousands of students and faculty members from Jesuit schools and uni- versities meet to educate one another on the social justice efforts and concerns affect- ing their various communities. The site: the School of the Americas in Fort Benning, Georgia. This school, located on a United States military base, is not so very different from the terrorist training camps that our country is fi ghting to close in other parts of the world. Originally established as a defense against Communist strongholds during the Cold War, the reality is that it has been used to train military insurgents in torture techniques. There have been numerous documented human rights violations attributed to graduates of the School of the Americas. At the Ignatian Solidarity Network Teach In, participants are invited not just to speak, listen and learn, but also to demonstrate in a non-violent protest at the gates of the military base. This demonstration, known as the School of the Americas Watch, involves a funeral procession and the reading of a litany of names of individuals killed Jen graduated from Loyola Marymount University with a at the hands of SOA graduates, as well as speeches and information on the various degree in History and minors atrocities still being committed, especially in Latin America. in Secondary Education and For the past four years, CLC-USA has been able to participate in this effort. This Philosophy. She originally year, CLC was invited to host a break-out session. The session was team-led by myself intended to enter the fi eld (representing the Western Region), Jazmin Jimenez (representing alumni of Jesuit of Education, but ultimately universities), and Matthew “Jake” Jacobson (Campus Minister of Loyola University decided to continue in Ministry. Chicago). We had about thirty participants from various parts of the country, some She worked for the of whom were already involved with CLC, and some who were hoping to learn more undergraduate CLC program at about the university-level programs. The presentation revolved mainly around the idea LMU in addition to continuing of a faith that does justice and encouraged participants to consider CLC as a means for with the junior high ministry at facilitating discernment with their social justice groups. Another alum, Peter Glenn her parish. She also worked for (LMU ’02), premiered his documentary about the Teach In On The Line. The project one year as Director of Campus was born when the Western Region hosted Glenn at the Teach In in 2004. Ministry at a Catholic girls’ school. As I personally prepared to travel to Georgia for the Teach In, my own CLC small Last year, Jen completed her group was able to pray with a pastoral letter on the topic from the California Provincial, Master’s Degree in Pastoral John McGarry, S.J. One of the Jesuits in our province was sentenced to time in federal Theology, with an emphasis prison for his protesting activities in 2006 against U.S. government encouraged torture. in Spiritual Direction. Her My group was able to read, pray and discuss Fr. McGarry’s pastoral letter in light of the Master’s project was on using upcoming event and our own lives and vocation in CLC. We remembered victims of CLC to restore community and violence all around us and refl ected on the many ways we do not contribute to peace in rebuild trust amongst older our own lives and local community. adolescent girls during the major transitions they face post My CLC used the story of Jesus appearing to Thomas in the Gospel of John. We high school graduation. prayed for the woundedness that reveals the humanity, dignity and divinity of Christ in our world. As we prayed to end torture, we remembered all those who experience vic- She currently works for CLC in the Western Region, specifi cally timization and unfair treatment in our midst—f rom the bullied kindergarteners to the with various youth and young ostracized middle school girl, to the people who sit alone on the street corners and wait adult works and formation for their demons and scars to pass away from them. There are people all around us who efforts. carry with them the wounds of Christ every day. The Teach In offered a concrete op- portunity for us, as members of the Ignatian community, to remember some of our own who were violently killed in El Salvador and the many others who continue to suffer at

Back to Table of Contents the hands of unfair systems. More importantly, we paused to refl ect on the violence we Questions for Discussion carry in our own hearts, and welcomed in a more peaceful and loving way of being as 1. Have members of your we moved into the Advent season. CLC ever participated as a group in a social justice protest? 2. Are you attuned to vi- sualize the “wounds of Christ” in those you meet? 3. Do you fi nd time to pause “to refl ect on the violence we carry in our own hearts”?

…we paused to reflect on the violence we carry “Editorial Foreword” continuted from page 3 in our own hearts, Fatima 2008, so that each CLC can have the opportunity of refl ecting on it as we prepare, individually and communally, for the World Assembly that will take place this and welcomed in a Summer in Portugal. more peaceful and News has come of the election of a new Superior General of the Society of Jesus, Fr. Adolfo Nicolás. We offer our heartfelt good wishes for a grace-fi lled experience as loving way of being he leads the Society in the coming years. and as we moved into We pause to thank Fr. Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, who is retiring as the Superior General of the Society. We CLCers have been especially blessed to have had his personal support as well the Advent season. as the encouragement he gave his fellow Jesuits so that they might become more involved with CLC. Thank you, Fr. Kolvenbach.

One of our dear leaders in CLC, Fr. Bill Kidwell, S.J., has returned home to the Father. We have been inspired by his great commitment to working with Miami CVX, as well as our youth and young adults in Southern Florida, which has been a centerpiece of Young Adult CLC. We are happy to have had the opportunity to recognize his work (Harvest, Summer 2007) as he retired from active involvement, due to ill health. “Well done, good and faithful servant. Go in peace.”

Back to Table of Contents Experiencing Detention Ministry

Augustine Won

“Jesus, remember me” As a member of the Christian Life Community® (CLC), my identity comes from the sense that my whole life is being beckoned into God’s presence and the actions and spiritual exercises which result from it. CLC is a means to put oneself at God’s disposal. Mission and contemplation are not two separate obligatory subjects, but one intricate net woven to catch the human soul and bring it onto the shore of God’s kingdom. Last February, I felt that God was calling me to go and stand with Jesus Christ by reaching out to His neighbors who, although unknown entities to me, were my neighbors as well. These neighbors were those incarcerated in a prison that reminded me of Calvary, and the prisoners brought images of those sentenced to death on the cross next to Jesus. I was fortunate to be a part of Kairos Weekend # 25 at the Federal Penitentiary in Lompoc, California. ‘Kairos’ meaning God’s time in Greek, is the name for this inter- national, trans-denominational Christian ministry which serves to provide weekend retreats for the incarcerated. All seven members of the St. Ignatius Diaconate Formation Group in the Los Ange- les Archdiocese, to which I belong, decided to join the Kairos weekend program as our formation group project. We were assigned as clergy members and joined with other team volunteers who came from various Christian denominations. It was truly exhilarating experiencing this God-appointed time for the restoration of love and trust among the children of God. It was my fi rst time volunteering for the detention ministry. I vividly remember the moment when I fi rst came to the Lompoc Federal Penitentiary. It was nothing else than a huge concentration camp, surrounded with layers of shin- ing metal wires, which resembled howling beasts baring their razor-sharp teeth under the cold harsh winter sunlight. Or it looked like a giant factory, completely closed off Questions for Discussion from the world without even a chimney to offer an opening. I wondered how it could be 1. Would you consider pris- possible for anyone inside the penitentiary to enjoy any kind of release of pent up ten- on ministry something you sion or connection to the outside and what good being so repressed and shut off could and your CLC members accomplish for the prisoners. could do jointly? I was a little nervous when we entered the cleared library hall where we were to 2. Have you ever embarked spend the weekend with inmates. There were about fi fty inmates signed for the Kairos on a mission/ministry weekend program, though one-third of them dropped out on the fi rst Friday evening. which you thought was Before coming into the Penitentiary, I was assigned to sponsor two of the inmates, as a outside of your comfort preparatory step for the program. zone? What did you learn As I was introduced to those two brothers in Christ on Friday evening, I felt any from the experience? fear or shadow of doubt beginning to melt away. They were humans, not unlike myself. 3. With which of the corpo- One of them showed me the pictures of three little girls with beautiful smiles. He said ral works of mercy do you they were his children. The photos were innocently poignant in their everyday casu- identify with most strong- alness and I commented on how proud he and his wife must have been of their little ly/are you most involved? girls. He shrugged and responded off-handedly that the girls were the offspring of two separate girlfriends, and not a single wife.

Back to Table of Contents The weekend program ran on a very tight schedule disappear. As a clergy member, I stood at the altar and gave that seemed quite normal, considering the tight security a blessing to each person whose paper-thin sin was just gone procedures in the prison facility. Everything was run like without trace. At that blissful moment of completion of ritu- clockwork, without a single second or prisoner left to be al, I could sense that God fi nally restored loving relationship accounted for. It was evident that we needed to adapt to with this human person for whom He promised redemption, the environmental conditions using the barest minimum of in return for the shedding of blood by His beloved son Jesus. our limited rations as well as the restricted space we were One of the inmates whispered to me, “Thank you, it was the allowed. most beautiful prayer I ever heard.” And he hugged me. I knew God accepted his gratitude instantly. The prison meal was an unforgettable experience. The colossal dining hall could be mistaken for a gymnasium. After the weekend, Monday evening was the gradua- At fi rst glance, everything on the menu was not so differ- tion ceremony. Outside people serving Kairos ministry and ent from the outside world; they served bread and salad, family members of the team volunteers were gathering to meat and soft drinks along with coffee. However, I was celebrate the occasion. Thunderous applause and cheers soon made aware by whispers from the inmates that the fi lled the prison hall. The spirit of community and support soft drinks were actually toothpaste in disguise. I saw that fi lled the air was enough to lift anybody’s soul with shapes similar to chicken wings and legs, only when it vitalizing joy, which at fi rst glance would have appeared to came time to chew them, the texture was a bit too rough be a foreign concept within the prison walls. Each person and dry to actually be mistaken as the poultry we civil- received a graduate certifi cate with the encouraging words ians consume on a normal basis. We speculated that some “Christ counts on you!” An especially moving moment unlucky pigeon must have been captured in the prison occurred when a young, tattooed man came to receive his backyard and made into our paltry meal. The roast beef certifi cate. Turning to face the crowd, this young man from put up a fi ght of its own as it appeared to have been made whose tattoos and shaved head could label him as a ‘skin- from the outer sole of a leather shoe. The alleged amount head,’ shyly declared: “I was an extremely wicked person of government money spent for each inmate’s daily meal is until yesterday. But through this weekend I changed and I thirty-seven cents. have decided to become a warrior of God.” The Kairos program served as a way to feel the deep- That young man’s testimony contributed to the im- ening presence and grace of God, thanks to the efforts age of Jesus and His neighbors on the cross in my mind. I of the outside and inside team members, along with the could not help but remember how one of the crucifi ed con- earnest and heartfelt participation of inmates. I could feel victs jeered and mocked Jesus and asked why his mighty that we all were growing together in empowering God God was not saving them from their cursed fates. And then through each small group sharing and large group praising how, instead of joining in with a cutting jibe, the other and testimony. For three full days we shared prayers, talks, convict instead asked Jesus to simply remember him upon laughter and tears. his entrance to Heaven. Jesus replied that the convict who asked for remembrance would rest with Him in Paradise At the penitential ceremony on Saturday night we set because of his belief. up a sacred altar lit with a candle at each corner of the hall. Everyone, including inmates and team members, wrote Redemption comes through faith. I found and wit- down his sins to be forgiven by God on specially made nessed this beautiful interaction between those we deem paper. The paper was put into a water bowl to melt and as fallen and God at the Lompoc Penitentiary that Kairos weekend.

Augustine Won was born in Seoul, Korea, and graduated the Catholic Church in 1986, on Korean Martyrs Feast Day. from Fine Arts College at Seoul National University, before They have two daughters, Therese(a journalism major at moving to the United States. He continued to study sculpture Fordham University) and Helen(a student at La Canada High and art history at California State University. “Augie” School). exhibited his sculptural works in group showings with other Along with a number of other Korean lay Ignatians, Augie artists in Los Angeles. He also worked as a local community helped found a Korean CLC in Southern California in 1996, newspaper reporter and magazine editor. He is currently serving as its president until August of 2004. He is currently working as a fi nancial advisor. the Inter-cultural Coordinator for the CLC Western Region. When he was younger, his interest in religion was very much He and his wife Marie are enjoying the fi fth and fi nal year infl uence by Zen Buddhism. After reading “The Seven Story in the journey of Diaconate Formation in the Los Angeles Mountain” by Thomas Merton, he felt a strong urge to learn Archdiocese. He is scheduled to be ordained this coming June about Catholicism. He and his wife Marie were baptized into 14th and asks for prayers from fellow CLCers. Back to Table of Contents The Search for Peace with Justice

Father Ben Urmston, S.J.

Fr. John English, S.J., a Canadian Jesuit very active in CLC and Fr. David Has- sel, S.J., of Loyola University in Chicago, taught me to refl ect and pray over my light and dark graced story, how God has acted in my life in the good times and in the not so good times. For many years I prayed over my school years, my years as a Jesuit, my teaching and my activism toward a peace with justice. John English asked whether there was any period in my life that I was blocking out or skipping over. Immediately it dawned on me that because there were experiences I would sooner forget, I would always jump over my time in the U.S. Army during World War II. After watching the recent documentary of The War, by Kenneth Burns, several peo- ple have asked me to write about what I remember about World War II. I could mention dead soldiers on the side of the road as we marched past, wounded soldiers shrieking in agony, members of our company killed instantly, crossing the Rhine River in rub- ber boats under fi re, bombs and bullets coming close, discovering a truck fi lled with Fr.Benjamin J. Urmston, soldiers turned over into a ditch with the dead and wounded lying trapped together. S.J., of Xavier University in There was also the companionship of my army buddies that still exists today; the Cincinnati, Ohio, serves as resort town in Austria where we were when the war ended, the Catholic German family Director of Peace and Justice with whom we stayed after the war and with whom I corresponded for many years. Programs there, Administrative Secretary of Peace Studies What is most remarkable is that the war years were among the most spiritual years and is the Chicago Province of my life. Away from my usual home surroundings, with intelligent and committed Coordinator for Christian Life men from all religions and from all over the United States, with plenty of time to read, Communities. meditate and pray, my army days were like an extended retreat. It was in the Philip- He holds academic degrees in pines after the war was over that I received my vocation to become a Jesuit priest. I Classics, Philosophy, Theology, emerged from the war with the conviction there had to be a better way. I knew not what Religious Education and a that better way would be, but for me I felt I could fi nd what that better way should be as Ph.D. in Peace Studies. a Jesuit priest. Fr. Ben has taught at University Grounded in my faith and Catholic teaching, I now have the basic elements of of Detroit High School, St. what that way would be: a common ethic shared by all religions; the various forms of Xavier High School, and Xavier non-violence; a culture of basic human rights embedded in our legal and constitutional University. He has hosted a radio show on WVXU-FM, structure; widespread ownership of the factories and farms; and a democratic world au- the XStar radio network, for thority. These fi ve pillars of a new world mansion have been incorporated into a fi fteen more than twenty-six years. minute DVD I produced with the help of the Xavier University TV studio. He initiated peace studies at I feel the most satisfaction from the programs I initiated at Xavier: a Peace Studies Xavier and started Peace and Minor; Peace and Justice Programs; the home for several co-curricular programs; and Justice Programs; a coalition the Vision of Hope Speaker Series, now in its third year. Many have also found my web- of groups there that address a site, Ignatian Spirituality and Justice (URL www.xavier.edu/peace/ben/htm) helpful. consistent ethic of life, food and farm issues, social justice and As the Ecclesial Assistant for the Jesuit Chicago Province, I have long encouraged peace. gathering in a Christian Life Community® as a practical step toward the challenge of a permanent peace with justice. The Catechism of the Catholic Church (No. 2307) states: “The fi fth commandment forbids the intentional destruction of human life. Because of the evils and injustices that accompany all war, the Church urges everyone to prayer and action so that the divine Goodness may free us from the ancient bond- age of war.”

Continued on page 13 Back to Table of Contents Reflections from Mwanza on CLC and Enduring Justice

Tom Bausch Past President

In a companion article in this issue, Father Ben, as he considers justice, refl ects movingly on his experience from World War II. I will refl ect on my recent experiences at Saint Augustine University of Tanzania (SAUT) in the city of Mwanza on the shore of beautiful Lake Victoria, not far from Serengeti, the Ngorongoro Crater, and the place of the beginnings of humanity, the Rift Valley. As I went about my teaching and other work at SAUT, and as Bernie and I made great friends and lived our daily lives, I found myself praying for the grace of being able to reconcile the seemingly irreconcilable involved in God’s infi nite love of this fl awed humanity. Tanzanians, despite living in the midst of terrible injustice and need in part caused by the colonialism and current actions of the West, are persons with a deep sense of hope and peace. Somehow, as we see in the genealogy of Christ himself, as revealed in the fi rst chapter of Matthew, God comes to us not only in justice, but through injustice. Christ came to us not only through the heroes and saints of his lineage, but through sin- ners and mediocrities. Or as Dolly Parton sings, “through horns and halos”. Maybe it is Thomas Bausch, Past President providential that I am writing these words during Advent, the season with the beautiful intention of awakening in all of us the healing memory, the hope, of a God who became a child. (Joseph Ratzinger, Seek That Which is Above) The reality of the world pictured by Ignatius in the Incarnation meditation comes alive for me in Africa and with it the The reality of the love of the Trinity for all of us, better, for each of us. Living in Africa renewed for me our CLC and Ignatian call to the greater good in world pictured all we do; the call to change structures, to go where others do not go, and to do this with hope. This is a call to reconcile our specifi c fi niteness of time and place with by Ignatius in the universal work we are called to do. Maybe Thomas Merton captures a solution to this apparent disconnect in the reconciliation of prayer and work with the words, “All the Incarnation Christian life is meant to be at the same time profoundly contemplative and rich in ac- tive work”. When in Africa it is obvious that prayer and work demand each other, not in a theoretical manner, but as my friend Father Ted Walters, S.J., says, after his many meditation comes years in Tanzania, in the needed fruits of “patience, humor, adaptability, and a sense of mission”. I can only thank God for my CLC calling, a gift from God that enables in me alive for me in the growth of these four qualities as I do His work in the here and now, but always in solidarity with my CLC brothers and sisters across the globe. Africa and with In Africa I found myself also turning to Merton to reconcile another irreconcilable, on the surface at least, of CLC character and mission. “Christian holiness can no longer it the love of the be considered a matter purely of individual and isolated acts of virtue. It must also be seen as part of a great collaborative effort for spiritual and cultural renewal in society, Trinity for all of us, to produce conditions in which all can work and enjoy the just fruits of labor in peace.” (Both of these quotes are on page 75 of Thomas Merton: A Book of Hours edited by better, for each of Kathleen Deignan.) Yes, when we leave the frenetic action of western life, and when the power goes us. out, or the internet is down, the connection of prayer and action is easier to realize. Yes, God calls each of us in a unique and deeply personal manner as the person we are, but being person implies community. In Africa it is much clearer that the critical problems of today’s world will only be solved in the solidarity of community. Being world com-

Back to Table of Contents munity is at the heart of CLC, for we are in active com- NGOs, like Kiva and our CLC work at the UN and in munity with all of our brothers and sisters in Africa. CLC Geneva. enables us to affi rm in our commitments and life that no How do we busy middle class folks in the West rec- one can be a full person except in community. We hold in oncile “so much already fi lling our lives” and our need our Catholic Social Thought tradition of an option for the to become more informed about Africa and the other poor, not something that is paternalistic, but a deep de- poor parts of the world? Do not start by reading technical sire to strive to make “work in peace” available for every reports and academic tomes written by people like me? single person as each of us has the right and duty to serve No! Begin to identify with the people of Africa by reading each other. Working in solidarity is far more than buying the literature of Africa. I suggest two books to start. First, African handicrafts so an African can feed her family; it is Unbowed: A Memoir , by the Nobel Peace Prize winner working for structural change so every single person can Mangari Maathai. It is an account of her extraordinary be the fullness she or he is meant to be by a loving God, life as a political activist, feminist and environmentalist in serving all of us! Kenya. Second, a novel set in South Africa, that is required So you ask me, “Tom, if we are to stand in solidarity reading for secondary students in Africa, Mine Boy by with our brothers and sisters in Africa how do you recon- Peter Abrahams. Both of these should be required reading cile ‘Why the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done for all of us. Both of these books enabled me to see the Af- so Much Ill and so Little Good?’” For an answer I suggest rican fi rst as a person sharing with me the dignity of being that all of our CLCs read, study and pray over the book a Child of God and then as African. If such books do not fi t The White Man’s Burden, the subtitle of which is the words into our world without time, then we have bigger problems quoted. The author is William Easterly. It is a devastating in living CLC. account of how our aid dollars through USAID, The World I am often asked how to reconcile “free market eco- Bank and the other bureaucratic agencies do not reach the nomics” with justice in the modern world. My experience poor, but provide jobs for bureaucrats and line the pockets in Tanzania confi rmed my long held belief that there can of the corrupt. Easterly challenges those of us who care be no justice without free markets, regulated where neces- about the poor “to be real” and to serve the real needs of sary to prevent abuses of power. In other words, there is real people. basically nothing to reconcile. We need to work to harness Easterly’s call is for each of us to do our bit as citi- the powers of the free market and of capitalism to serve zen, as fellow human beings in solidarity with the poor, to the poor. We must always recognize that regulation too insist that aid reaches those in need, as for the most part it often gives power to those not accountable for results and does through private agencies including all of the arms of therefore can become very dangerous. the Catholic Church, with our CLC brothers and sisters in Let me provide a few examples of how markets must Kibera serving as shining examples as they provide educa- be used to serve the poor. First, the poor, especially the tion to AIDS orphans. We in CLC-USA need to be more rural poor must be given better access to markets. In many creative through our CLC brothers and sisters in Africa as cases half of what they produce rots in the fi eld or spoils they work to do justice. This is how our shared mission between farm and market and neither feeds the hungry nor can manifest itself! provides income to the farmers. Tanzanians need more CLC also calls each of us to aid the poor directly. This and better sources of protein, yet the markets for dairy year my daughter Martha provided Bernie and me with products are not developed and farmers’ milk spoils and a Christmas present that enables the two of us to do this. is destroyed, it does not get to market. There is a need for She made a contribution to an organization called Kiva, a better infrastructure, cooperatives, and institutions that can micro-fi nancing group, (http://www.kiva.org) and we can get products into both local and global markets. Access to choose the person to whom this money will be loaned (not credit and banking needs to be improved for rural people. given!). As this person pays off the loan we will be able Farmers must have access to the education and training to keep turning it over to help others in their attempts to they need to be productive enough to support a family. We become independent and more fully the person God has in the West must stop protecting a few farmers in our own called them to be. We fi nd this exciting, a way to relate to agricultural sectors so that we can have trade that is both real persons! In a small way this is for us an opportunity to free and fair for the many farmers in Africa. Adam Smith change structures! This will promote human dignity! This may not be the Fifth Evangelist, as some of my friends is an opportunity for us “to call by name” in imitation of appear to proclaim, but the working of our market system the way the Lord deals with each of us. Once more I am is one of the top fi ve institutional inventions of the human reminded that the full potential of the UN will be reached race, a gift from God, and a gift to give to all on earth. not through our government leaders alone, but through Back to Table of Contents To me as a professional educator, the greatest chal- should pay the Jesuits working with us a just compensation lenge is to reconcile the impossibility of development that their communities can then use to bring their brother without education and the huge gap between education in Jesuits from the Third World to the USA for studies. And the West and in the Rest and, on the other hand, the even the USA Jesuit communities are already most generous in great cost of closing this gap. Education is at the core of this regard. changing structures so that self-sustaining justice can be In conclusion, I wish to tie my essay more closely to achieved. As we attempt to close this gap there are many Father Ben’s constant call to structural change. Specifi - reasons for hope. First, and most important, every African cally, I draw two conclusions and ask two questions. First, I have met hungers for more education and is willing to my very limited experience in Mwanza and elsewhere make sacrifi ces to achieve it for self and children. Second, keeps bringing me back to the image of the classroom the educators I met and worked with are not daunted by full of peaceful and hard-working students at St. Aloysius the odds. Whenever I expressed frustration with the over- Gonzaga High School. This initiative is CLC at its best for whelming problems, the response was always something it is an African initiative that will bring structural change like, “Tom, remember how you eat an elephant. One bite at through serving individual and real students. We in CLC a time!” in the West must intensify our global solidarity in and One of the tragic fallouts of “9-11” is that today, a very through CLC and support the initiatives of our sisters and short time later, there are twenty percent fewer foreign brothers in Africa. How do we do this? students studying in the USA. If one believes justice is the Second, our highest priority Mission in CLC, in the foundation for peace, this decline is sure evidence that we World and here in the USA, must be the formation of Americans desire to fry our children and grandchildren Ignatian-inspired lay leaders for business, government, in a nuclear war. What can we in CLC do? We in CLC educational institutions and all the other secular sectors of should demand that every parish we belong to provide the society. If we are not willing to work towards this end we non-tuition support that an African Priest, Brother, Nun are neither committed to enduring structural change or the or lay person needs in order to earn a PhD in the USA magis. How do we do this? It took the early Jesuits several and then return to Africa to build educational institutions. decades to get focused on education. And so, 500 years We will then also have the leverage to demand that our later, history is repeating itself. It is requiring CLC several Catholic institutions work harder to provide, in solidarity, decades to take the Vatican II teachings on the role of the the tuition-free education these persons need. Very spe- laity, in the context of our Ignatian charism, seriously. Yet cifi cally, in terms of CLC, I am very uncomfortable with God loves us as we are! Let us respond! adult CLC in the USA being subsidized by the Jesuits. We

“The Search for Peace with Justice” continued from page 10 Such a tall order requires much prayer, refl ection and action, preferably together in small faith-centered groups such as Christian Life Community®. We need adequate We are used to working for the external structures. We also need to change internal struc- tures, our attitudes, our values, our ways of thinking. common good of our country. We My own prayer makes me bold enough to propose one path to peace, both local and global peace…a search for just need to extend that sense to peaceful law. the common security of the human CLC has a national and international network. No one can do everything. CLC can establish priorities and divide responsibilities. family and the stewardship of our We are used to working for the common good of our planet. country. We just need to extend that sense to the common security of the human family and the stewardship of our planet. Back to Table of Contents Enfleshing EverMORE the Word of JUSTICE

John LeVecke, S.J.

The Word became fl esh, he lived among us, and we saw his glory… (Jn 1:14) May the promised glory of God-with-us and all creation encourage us toward ever greater partnership in God’s creative plan for peace and justice in a world without borders which foster haves and have-nots; especially in protecting the dignifi ed migration of all God’s people and equitably stewarding the precious resource of water sustenance May we see this glory all the more, truly building up the Kingdom of Christ where all are One as water meets earth, unifying all borders in our own sacred lives and world we share; helping to enfl esh God’s Word anew throughout the New Year Christmas Wish, 2007 John LeVecke, S.J. CLC-USA, Western Region National Ecclesial Assistant

My New Year message to you is taken from the 2007 Christmas wish of my West- ern Region Community. This call of the Incarnation both excites and challenges me here in my own Region, but I think it says so much concerning our National and World contemporary concerns, especially when addressing the theme of this publication: “So- cial Justice – On the Move.” Of immediate These past years, I have had the great privilege of traveling, meeting, praying and celebrating with so many of our Local, Regional, and National communities. I particu- concern for the larly was inspired in 2007, when we were able to have two Regional Ecclesial Assistant meetings and to hear the reports of so many graced efforts within our National Com- U.S. Jesuits’ munity that truly exemplify our charism of Men and Women WITH and FOR Others! Many members of CLC are actively involved in World, National, Regional, and Local advocacy issues and concerns toward a more just world without borders as Emmanuel justice priorities is deeply desires for all. It was a privileged opportunity for us to host our CLC-World Vice Ecclesial Assistant, Alberto Brito, S.J., during his U.S. tour of our National works immigration reform and meeting with the U.S. Jesuit Provincials. While in New York City, we were able to meet with some of our members of in our nation. our CLC NGO Working Group at the United Nations. Much of their work is directed toward our CLC World justice concern for international water rights and conservation efforts. For more information concerning these and other CLC justice issues from the United Nations, please go to our CLC NGO Bulletins: www.cvx-clc.net/NOTES Of immediate concern for the U.S. Jesuits’ justice priorities is immigration reform in our nation. Steve Pehanich, as the President of the Western Region and the Regional Representative to the NCC, is the Executive Director of Advocacy for the California Bishops Conference. He works directly with the Bishops Conference in coordinating efforts addressing the Justice for Immigrants Campaign and continues to keep these ad-

Back to Table of Contents vocacy efforts communicated to our National community. For more information, please go to: www.justiceforimmigrants.org. Many CLC-USA members also are members of the Ignatian Solidarity Network (ISN). In recent years in mid-November, CLC- USA, especially our Young Adult community, has participated in the Ignatian Family Teach In in Columbus, Georgia, in its demonstration for closure of the School of the Americas (SOA) at Fort Benning. The ISN now will be hosting an Ignatian Family Teach In, support- ing the Bishops’ Justice for Immigrants Campaign at Loyola High School, Los Angeles, March 7-9, 2008. This will be another pro- found means of Ignatian collaboration, not only for National efforts, but to help bring this vital justice concern home to our Regions and Local communities. For more information, please go to www.ignati- ansolidarity.net. Three years ago, I invited Peter Glenn (LMU ’02), as a charter leader of our Western Region Young Adult /Post-Undergrad effort, to attend the Ignatian Family Teach In in Columbus. Being a fi lmmak- er, and aware that I have a television production background, Peter suggested that we consider producing a documentary on the effort. Three years later, Peter premiered “On the Line,” a feature length documentary about the movement to close the U.S. Army’s School of the Americas, at the Teach In ‘07. “On the Line” uses dynamic interviews and images from the protest to examine issues of dissent, torture and unjust American foreign policy. For more information, please go to www. CLC-USA Western Region’s Christmas card onthelinefi lm.com Each of these efforts truly exemplify the numerous ways we are responding to the Already, as a call of our Baptism and CLC-USA membership in a union of hearts and minds with the Society of Jesus. Already, as a member, I am encouraged and challenged in 2008 to keep trying to change some old ways of proceeding which are not conducive to member, I am helping to live more justly within our World community. Jesus’ saving mission as our Emmanuel is to continue to enfl esh God’s Word anew throughout the New Year. It is my encouraged and sincere hope that as a National community, we will continue to be “on the move” as His companions as He was in His earthly journey to constantly readdress and deepen ever challenged in 2008 more our Ignatian commitment to bring greater justice into our world. May 2008 be a gift received by us all gratefully and joyfully as a new year of grace to keep trying to in fi delity to our calling to more authentically and courageously witness to our partner- ship with and for the living, saving Word of Justice, Emmanuel, who is both with-us change some old and on the move! ways of proceeding which are not conducive to helping to live more justly within our

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Back to Table of Contents A Year-End Reflection

Tina Vu

Dear companions in Christ, The year is coming to an end. For me, this was a special one because of many signifi cant events. But the one thing that made it different from many previous years was the strong recognition of God’s concrete grace, blessing and gifts for me. God gave me a compass of confi dence, of trust and of companionship. I would like to share my experience with you. I also invite you to review the year along with me to identify your own God’s gifts. I like to think of myself as a fairly structured and organized individual. I like to set goals for myself and focus on achieving them. I would like to control my destiny as much as possible. My goals were fairly ordinary, challenging but achievable; fi nish my bachelor’s degree in four years, obtain a master’s, have a stable job, and own an apart- Tina in front of Gesu Church ment/home. A normal lifestyle, don’t you think? When I refl ected on the past years, I came to the realization that God has blessed me with many things. I had gotten every- Tina Vu is an active member of thing I wished for. However, this year I started to see that many things happened that a young adult Dong Hanh CLC were not what I had planned and were not within my control. It was very different from group in Northern Virginia. She what I am used to. Looking back, as much as I would like to take credit for the things has been with the group a little that have happened, it was God who planned and created everything for me. over ten years. She is currently working It started in April with the invitation to represent World CLC at the Ninth Interna- full time for a government tional Youth Forum in Rome sponsored by the Pontifi cal Council for the Laity. It was consulting company in McLean, one of those life-changing experiences that I will never forget. The experience made me VA. Tina loves the CLC way of realize how being in Dong Hanh CLC for the past ten years has led me to deepen my life and desires to fi nd her true spirituality and enlarge my mental capacity to embrace people from all over the world. vocation. Getting to Rome was not smooth but full of delays. It was the chaos that made me She hopes that the Nineteenth realize that I could not control everything. The fi rst leg of my trip, out of Washington- Annotation of the Spiritual Dulles Airport, was canceled. I fi nally got to Paris; however, I missed my connection Exercises will lead to the because my fl ight was late. I was stuck in Paris for a few hours and I was stranded. discovery of God’s purpose in The experience was even worse when I could not get in touch with anyone because of life for her. A Jesuit is helping the international boundaries. Out of all places to be stuck, I was stuck in a non-English her prepare as well as guide her through the program. speaking country. I had to fi gure out how to use a French calling card to notify a Jesuit, Father Tri Nguyen S.J., who was at the airport in Rome waiting to pick me up. I have not encountered this language problem since I fi rst arrived in the U.S. seventeen years ago. During this troubled time, I met an American woman who was facing even more diffi culties with her travel. We were able to support one another. When I fi nally arrived in Rome, “Grandpa” Father Julian Elizalde, S.J., picked me up and had everything planned out for me. He arranged a place for me to stay, gave me several awesome tours of Rome, fed me and got me in touch with the right people so I could get to Mondo Migliore (where the Ninth International Youth Forum was held). I don’t know what I would have done without him. At the conference, I found God’s presence in many people I met. But there were two presenters who left lasting impressions on me. The fi rst is Professor Michael J. Naughton of the University of St. Thomas, Saint Paul, Minnesota, who spoke on the signifi cance of work and human life. He took the subject of work and distinguished dif- ferent ways of looking at it; work as a job, work as a career, and work as a vocation.

“Grandpa” and Tina at the Spanish 1) When work is a job, we’re seeking economic returns. This life style produces Steps leaders as materialist bureaucrats. Moreover, we view leisure as amusement Back to Table of Contents and escaping reality. We focus on gratifi cation and focus on what we have instead of who we’re becoming. 2) When viewing work as career, we seek a psychological reward. In this perspec- tive, workers are great achievers. To them, leisure is a function of rest in order to “sharpen the saw,” to become more productive. Professor Naughton called this careerism, focus on doing over being. One could be great businessman, but a spiritual dwarf. 3) Finally, work as vocation. Vocation is a calling to give, a call to love, and to be whole. We are called to work, to exercise our work for others. We must use our Inside Ignatius’ home gifts for others. Professor Naughton compared work to a vocation as leisure to contemplation. Successful leaders possess two key characteristics, resolution and humility. Through Professor Naughton’s lecture, I am encouraged to fi nd my vocation in life—God’s plan and purpose for me in this world, and share my gifts with others. It is an ongoing process, but with my desire and trusting in God as well as His providence, I will discover God’s purpose for me in life. The other memorable speaker at the forum was a young adult in her early twenties named Idy. She gave her testimony of her work bearing witness to Christ. Idy earned her living as a housekeeper. Although the job is simple and not highly prestigious, she performed it with passion and with so much love. She was able to do so because of her Ninth International Youth Forum faith in God. Open to be a witness to Christ, she let God used her as an instrument to From left to right: Peter (India), convert the people she works for. I was moved by her simple and humble life, yet God Caroline & Paul (Taiwan CLC), used her to do His very important work. Mark (Mongolia), Miguel (Spain), Tien (USA), Huy (Viet God has a way of preparing us for the future. In my case, the forum was prepar- Nam) ing me for what was coming. Right after I came back from Rome, my manager put me on a task that does not require much thinking. In normal circumstances, I would have confronted my manager by calling him out, and either quit my job or request a change to another group within the company. But Idy’s humility taught me the value of the work and learning to ‘let go and let God.’ Seeing so many young adults my age in other countries struggle to fi nd a job, I felt ashamed. I am not allowed to complain. I realized that it is more in my attitude than the task at hand. Through these lessons, I was able to accept the task given to me and did it with great love. Although the task was very mun- dane, with the grace of God, I was able to complete it with great care and inner peace. Juanita, Idy, Karen (Philippines) There were several more instances where things did not settle according to my desire throughout the year. However, looking back, God had a plan for me and those incidents turned out to be blessings. God works in mysterious ways. Those ways are beyond my understanding but I know it is the best way for me. I am slowly starting to learn accepting these undesirable circumstances, because in it, God’s will can be found. If I have patience and trust, God, my companion, He will lead me.

Left to right: Tien, Caroline, Paul, Michaela (DH CLC, Taiwan CLC, Italy CLC)

Michaela & Tien at St. Peter’s on Palm Sunday Mass Palm Sunday

Back to Table of Contents A Workshop on Ignatian Spirituality and CLC

Ady P. Viera

It is with great happiness that I report on my trip to the Parish of St. Gabriel in Charlotte, North Carolina, part of the CLC’s Mid-Atlantic Region. I went to conduct a workshop on Ignatian Spirituality and CLC; this was my second trip, per request of the Hispanic Ministry of the parish, after an initial visit in 2006. These visits are part of the mission discerned by CLC-USA and entrusted to the South Florida Region to help form new CLCs for Spanish speakers. My region and my local community sent me to St. Gabriel, have supported me with prayers and assisted with preparing the meetings. The theme for this year’s workshop was Cura Personalis. It was based on the speech that Father General Kolvenbach, S.J., gave this year in Rome at the beginning of a course-workshop on Spiritual Accompaniment in the Ignatian Tradition. Ady P. Viera is coordinator for The workshop started at 9:00 AM and fi nished at 5:00 PM. It included a full-hour CVX Montserrat and a member for lunch so the participants would have the opportunity to use part of it to receive the of CLC Magnifi cat, both of Sacrament of Reconciliation provided specially for them by the parish. Although most the South Florida Region. She of the time was spent in learning what Cura Personalis is and how it applies to our is also currently a member spiritual life, the workshop was highly interactive with the participants asking questions of the NCLC’s Diversity and and relating life experiences pertaining to the topic. Organization Committee and of the Hispanic CLC-CVX There was also an hour set aside for small group discussion. Committee. Ricardo Greeley, S.J., a Jesuit brother, participated in the small group discussions. Br. Greeley works for the Hispanic Ministries of the Archdiocese of Charlotte but had no previous contact with St. Gabriel Parish. He believes his own religious vocation was formed through his involvement as a young adult in a pre-CLC in Mexico, so his contributions were particularly valuable. Br. Greeley agreed to discuss the possibility of starting a pre-CLC at St. Gabriel’s with Father Bill Ameche, S.J., who is also working with Hispanic Ministries in Charlotte. This is what the parishioners want; they are eager to start learning more about Ignatian Spirituality and the CLC way of life. Workshop attendees included Spanish-speaking natives of Central and South America as well as from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. In total there were forty-two participants, teenagers, young adults and adults. Their personal testimonies and their openness to the graces of this day were a humbling occasion for me, so used to having Participants at the workshop at my relationship with God enhanced by my CLC experience. St. Gabriel’s. God gave us the gift of many incredible moments during the workshop. There are Grupo que asistio al taller en St. too many to recount, but I will fi nish with a simple and striking testimony from a par- Gabriel. ticipant: We Catholics are like French fries; they have to be eaten hot or else they are no good. The Holy Spirit has set us on fi re, what are we waiting for? Note: Less than three weeks after the workshop and two days before Thanksgiv- ing Carmen Calvar, who originally invited Ady to talk about Ignatian Spirituality and CLC at St. Gabriel’s, collapsed from a ruptured brain aneurism and required emergency surgery. The Hispanic community at St. Gabriel’s went to the hospital to pray; Carmen made an immediate, almost miraculous recovery which the community believes is a sign of a special blessing from the Holy Spirit. Back to Table of Contents Un Taller Sobre la Espiritualidad Ignaciana y la CVX

Ady P. Viera

Es con gran alegría que presento este reporte sobre mi viaje a la Parroquia de San Ga- briel en Charlotte, Carolina del Norte, parte de la región Mid-Atlantic de la CVX de estados Unidos. Fui a presentar un taller sobre la espiritualidad ignaciana y la CVX; a petición del Ministerio Hispano de la parroquia viajé por segunda vez, después de una visita inicial en el 2006, a continuar este proceso de formación. Estas visitas son parte de la misión que la CVX-USA discernió y encomendó a la South Florida región, y que consiste en ayudar a formar CVX para personas de habla hispana. Mi región y comunidad local me enviaron a St. Gabriel; me han apoyado con oraciones y me ayudaron a preparar la reuniónes. El tema para el taller de este año fue Cura Personalis. El material se basó en un dis- curso que el Padre General Kolvenbach, S.J., pronunció este año en Roma al comienzo de un curso-taller sobre Acompañamiento Espiritual en la tradición Ignaciana. Ady P. Viera es coordinadora El taller comenzó a las 9:00 AM y concluyó a las 5:00 PM. Incluyó una hora completa de la CVX Montserrat y de almuerzo para ofrecer a los participantes la oportunidad de recibir el Sacramento de miembro de la comunidad CVX la Reconciliación ofrecido por la parroquia. Aunque pasamos la mayor parte del tiempo Magnifi cat., ambas del South profundizando sobre lo que es Cura Personalis y como se aplica a nuestra vida espiritual, la Florida Región. Actualmente reunión fue participativa y los asistentes hicieron preguntas y relataron experiencias de vida es miembro del Comité de y fe relacionadas con el tema. Se dedicó una hora para discusiones en grupos pequeños. Diversidad y Organización de Ricardo Greeley, S.J., un hermano Jesuita, participó en estas discusiones de grupos la CVX Nacional Y del Comité pequeños. El Hermano Greeley trabaja con los Ministerios Hispanos de la Arquidiócesis de Hispano CLC-CVX. Charlotte pero no había tenido contacto hasta esta reunión con la Parroquia de St. Gabriel. El cree que su propia vocación religiosa fue formada a través de su contacto con una pre- CVX en México, así que sus contribuciones fueron particularmente valiosas. El Hermano Greeley acordó discutir la posibilidad de comenzar una pre-CVX en St. Gabriel con el Padre Bill Ameche, S.J., quien también trabaja con los Ministerios Hispanos en Charlotte. Esto es lo que los miembros de St. Gabriel quieren; están deseosos de comen- zar a conocer mejor la espiritualidad ignaciana y el estilo de vida CVX. Fueron muchos Los asistentes al taller incluyeron personas de habla hispana oriundos de América Central y del Sur, así como de Puerto Rico y de la Republica Dominicana. Participaron 42 personas entre adolescentes. jóvenes adultos y adultos. Sus testimonios personales y sus los momentos apertura a las gracias de este día fueron una ocasión de humildad para mi, tan acostumbrada a tener mi relación con Dios intensifi cada por mi experiencia CVX. increíbles que Dios Fueron muchos los momentos increíbles que Dios nos regaló durante este taller. Son demasiados para enumerarlos todos, pero quiero concluir con un testimonio simple e im- nos regaló durante pactante: Nosotros los Católicos somos como las papas fritas; tienen que comerse calien- tes; si no, no sirven. El Espíritu Santo nos has prendido con su fuego, ¿qué más espera- este taller. mos? Nota: Menos de tres semanas después del taller y dos días antes del Día de Acción de Gracias, Carmen Calvar, quien originalmente invitó a Ady a hablar sobre la espiritualidad ignaciana y la CVX en St. Gabriel, sufrió la ruptura de un aneurisma cerebral y tuvo que ser intervenida quirúrgicamente de emergencia. La comunidad Hispana de St. Gabriel la acompañó con sus oraciones en el hospital; Carmen se recuperó de inmediato después de la cirugía y de manera casi milagrosa, lo cual la comunidad percibe como un signo de ben- dición especial del Espíritu Santo.

Back to Table of Contents Reflections on the Gathering of ExCo and Dong Hanh’s Gia Dinh Thanh Tam’s (Sacred Heart Family/GDTT) in October

Meeting with CLC’s ExCo was a pleasure for me as an individual, for GDTT as a big family and for Dong Hanh as a community. The joy is still here as I’m writing this refl ection to share with you and others. May this feeling never fade away as time goes “God is using the by. I joined GDTT four years ago and it had changed my life completely. I’m looking GDTT group as the at everything with the inner eyes of Love, Faith and Peace. ambassador for Refl ecting on the gathering, I’m thankful for all of the companionship, for all the conversations, for the smiles that shine in the heart, and for the hugs, the warmth that we give one another and the feeling as if we had known each other for a long period of Dong Hanh and time. As for the children, they enjoyed as much fun as the adults. CLC-USA? All seemed to have united spiritually with Christ, especially the ExCo. It was a great treat for GDTT. It’s true that God is always watching over us and we have many things to be grateful for. Mai (Jeanne) Phung

In the meeting of Dong Hanh of the North East Region last July, Liem had explained the diffi culties we may encounter within the next few years, when CLC-USA changes its organiza- tion, making new adjustments in light of the reforms in the Society of Jesus of the USA. One of these adjustments might be that Dong Hanh groups at the local level would have to sepa- rate themselves and integrate with the regional CLC-USA. This is the reason why the theme for this year is: “Throwing ourselves forward.” Could it have been as Liem said, “God is using the GDTT group as the ambassador for Dong Hanh and CLC- USA?” At the meeting with ExCo, I had the opportunity to speak with Ann Marie Brennan, CLC-USA President, and brief her about the monthly activities of the group, which includes the parents as well as the children. The group does have a separate, customized program for children, in order to familiarize the children with St. Ignatius’ way of life during their formative years, to create a loving, caring, healthy environment for their children. One of the group’s goals is that their children will form their very own Youth CLC group during their teen years. She seemed surprised and interested when I told her that the children were looking forward to the monthly meetings even more than the parents. Back to Table of Contents On our historic meeting date, the ExCo members came late because their car ran out of gas. We often had meetings and as time went by, we tend to get one meeting mixed up with another except for the ones with exceptional events. Perhaps …it was just unexplainable that they all ignored the gas meter’s warning signals. I believed it must have been God’s intention to attach a special, exceptional event to the meeting so that none of us could ever forget this historic meeting. Van Xuan Nguyen

On the 13th of October, my family had the honor of hosting God and His friends. Though the initial plan did not have our home as the designated hosting location, the During the singing, sudden change near the date of the event did not overwhelm or make me nervous! When the monthly meeting fi nished upstairs, I had also fi nished the children’s I heard voices program. The people from CLC New England had just arrived also. I was very happy to see Clarivel’s grown-up daughter as well as her foster child. What a generous soul the singing in accents Dragas family has! Fr. John LeVecke was the main fi gure with a touching sermon. The children re- half Vietnamese, fl ected on the story when he was ten years old. Adults had refl ections about the ‘out of gas’ incident…often God would give us warnings, but we had chosen to ignore those half English, signs until it was too late and then when we were in trouble we would dare to open our mouths to complain, “Oh God, where have you been?” sounding a bit When Holy Mass was over, the children performed a short, but touching play… about Fatima. Fr. John said Fatima is this year’s theme for all CLCs in the country. strange, but joyful. What a coincidence! Kitty Gray and the children got along together extremely well. I didn’t know if the children were attracted to her or it was the other way around. The sound of children shouting and laughing brought joy to us all. Having thought that the offi cials from ExCo would be all serious personalities, I could never imagine that they could have played along so well with children, they are down to earth more than I thought. When saying good bye, an eighty-three year old offi cial from CLC New England had whispered in my ears, “I had a wonderful time. It makes me feel so young!” We didn’t know when we would have a chance to meet ExCo offi cials in an informal place such as a home, and not at a meeting or conference. Though I didn’t remember all the visitors’ names, their faces and graciousness had become indelible in my heart. Chau-Hoan (Christine) Tran

Since following the call of Dong Hanh, I have heard a great deal about the high offi cials of CLC, but I have never met any of these offi cials. This fi rst meeting of mine with them seems to be just a coincidence. Coin- cidences happen, perhaps due to some kind of special arrangement beyond our human perception. When the ExCo members fi nally came, we greeted one another, shook hands and then attended Holy Mass together. To grace the Mass, hymns with Vietnamese lyrics had been sung. During the singing, I heard voices sing- ing in accents half Vietnamese, half English, sounding a bit strange, but joyful. Prior to the singing, we had explained to the representatives the meanings of the selected songs. But we had never thought that the offi cials would actually join us in singing. I admired them deeply for Back to Table of Contents their graceful act and told myself privately that if one day In the month of October, 2007, CLC gathered together. the situation is reversed, I would defi nitely do the same We gathered once or twice a every month. We gather regardless of how awkward my voice may sound during together and do fun activities. This month, we did a play, such an English hymn. made a rosary and…most important of all, we had Mass. Mass was very important in the CLC. The CLC was so As with all other meeting in life, our meeting came to much fun. We hope you (friends Travis has not met) can an end. We said ‘Good Bye’ and promised we would meet join to learn more about God. again in the future. Some asked me to visit if there is a chance. One asked me to come to Alaska to visit. Perhaps Travis Tran, age 9 we all would remember these special moments. Though we said “Good Bye”, within ourselves we know it’s not good I loved the night when we gathered together and had a bye. BLAST of fun and love, joy and laughter together. We share the same life, we follow the same spiritual The food there was great! I thank you for all the food path led by our Lord God. you (parents and Cade) and I think you enjoyed the skit Minh Juy Bui because of your loud applause! By the way, I was Mary in the skit, the most important member in the play, so I felt very proud to be Mary. I hope to see you (CLC NE mem- FROM THE CHILDREN…… bers and ExCo members) again soon, but now God be with When the American CLC came I felt glad and joy- you! ful that we have some visitors to fi ll the crowd. I also felt very excited that the President of the CLC was at the Mass Yvonne Pham Nguyen, age 9 and Fr. John gave me and my friends a meaningful les- son about how to love my little sister and tell us about his I liked Fr. John telling a story about him and his sister childhood. I really enjoyed his story and I’m glad that in when he was a kid. sharing it somehow makes me know who I am. I liked to make my own rosary. I like to go to the Dong We had a wonderful time at the gathering. The best Hanh meeting every month so I can learn more about Je- part was getting together with friends and enjoying each sus. Go Jesus. I love you, Jesus. other’s company in Christ. I hope that you will be CLC members to experience the joy that I’m having right now. Benjamin Pham Nguyen, age 7 May God Bless Us All. During the rosary making time, I felt joyful because I Alan Phung, age 10 got to do arts and crafts with my friends. During the Mass, I felt anxious because I got to read the second reading. After all of our kids’ activities, we got together with During dinner, I felt thankful because I had food to eat our parents and the CLC group, and had Mass. My friends while some people in the world don’t have anything to eat and I were the readers and singers. During the homily, the at all so they starve. priest told us a story…It made me think of my typical ten years of life right now. I have two siblings, a brother and Overall, I had a great day. I also had a lot of things to a sister. I usually get annoyed and get mad at them. The be thankful for since there were no failures on anything at story was just like a story I would tell if I were a priest! all. I can’t wait ‘till next year! Tiffany Tran, age 10 Thanks friends for giving each other laughs. Thanks to our parents for giving us plenty of opportunities which we take for granted sometimes. Thank God for what you have Here are my prayers for the rosary I did— done for me! I pray for my mother to stay healthy I pray for my dad to do good Alphonse Le, age 10 I pray for my sister to do well in school I pray for my brother for him to get good grades I pray for my grandfather for him to stay alive. Due to space limitations we could only publish a samll portion of excerpts from the many refl ections we received. All the Jensine Tran, age 8 refl ections in their entirety can be read at

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Back to Table of Contents FROM WCLC PROJECTS CHRISTIAN LIFE COMMUNITY® PROJETS COMMUNAUTÉ DE VIE CHRÉTIENNE PROYECTOS COMUNIDAD DE VIDA CRISTIANA No. 136 October 2007 A communication link between the Executive Council and the World Christian Life Community® Towards Fátima 2008 Second preparatory input

Dear friends, At a fi rst look it may seem too much, but we suggest that As announced in Projects 135, we continue our jour- you call upon many CLC members and distribute among ney toward Fatima 2008. The spiritual setting which can them the six topics. You may perhaps convene national or facilitate our ability to move forward is that of “Three regional meetings to refl ect on the topics. You do not need kinds of persons” (Spiritual Exercises 149 and following). to answer all questions in a topic, as they are meant to be a This classic Ignatian meditation is not only meant to pre- help and not a school work. However, we ask you to send pare the election, but it is also an ongoing exercise through us short and well-elaborated responses for each of these which we try to keep ourselves faithful to the election. subjects. It helps us by removing obstacles, disordered affections 1. The dynamic of discerning – sending – supporting or other situations which confuse us or get us lost in our - evaluating (DSSE) · process. We as CLC have made an election in the previ- • What we have done: Is this dynamic well known ous assemblies (a common mission as an apostolic body). by CLC members and local groups? What we have However, we know that even great visions and elections done to spread it within the community? How has may fail in bringing them into practice. In that moment it affected the local group meetings? How has it af- resistances may appear that before were subtle or even fected the process lived at the national ExCo? · hidden. So, in regard to God’s gifts we can respond like • What we have learned: Which are the main diffi cul- the three pairs of persons: we can postpone the election, ties in living this dynamics? What helps are needed? accommodate it to our own interests, or welcome it fully. · Three pairs of persons is an invitation to a permanent Exa- • What we have taught: Have we some written guide- men in order to bring the means for implementation into lines to share with the World Community? Have we the election and to embrace what will help us carry out the written articles or power points or other materials on election. We know that our actual tendencies or habits are this? not immediately or automatically in line with our great 2. Formation (focus on apostolic body) · dreams of holiness. So we have to examine our life as a • What we have done: Have we run guides courses? community. Have we run formation courses for membership? Do In this spiritual frame, we invite you now to use the our members take part in formation events? Have scripture passage that we have chosen as inspiration for we collaborated with others to make formation more our Assembly: available to our members? · • What we have learned: Which activities of formation “The apostles rejoined Jesus and told him all they are more suitable to our members? Which are the have done and taught” (Mk 6, 30) major diffi culties that we face in this regard? What The invitation is to review your own experience, orga- strategies do we recommend to develop on-going nize it and communicate it to the entire world body. In this formation for our members? · way we can move forward toward embracing the gift that • What we have taught: Have we some written guide- we received in Nairobi and Itaici. Or if you prefer, to free lines to share with the World Community? Have we ourselves to live better the election that we have made in written articles or power points or other materials God’s grace. on this? Have we long term formation programs to share? Concretely, we ask you now to take the following sev- 3. Leadership (connect to Rome course) · en topics and to recollect, organize and share your experi- • What we have done: Have we used or are we plan- ence for each of them, using the questions that we suggest. ning to use the leadership development course/mate- Back to Table of Contents rials from the international course held in Rome last duced in our traditional apostolate? How we deal November? Are our structures and leadership teams with personal/communal dimension of apostolate? working well within our national community? Do • What we have taught: Which criteria do we use we formulate annual operative plans? Do we regu- for selecting our apostolic engagements? Have larly evaluate our plans? How have we used external we distributed the orientations coming from Itaici programs for leadership formation? Have we taken (Common mission), Nairobi (DSSE), and further advantage of the participation of our members in developments (Supplement to Progressio, articles, these sorts of programs? · etc.) widely to our members? • What we have learned: If we have offered leadership 6. Membership and commitment: · formation what have we learned? What are our main • What we have done: Are we attracting new mem- diffi culties in having people available for leadership bers? How? Are our members persevering and deep- positions? How do we prepare people for leader- ening in the CLC way of life? · ship? Given our experience in leadership, what are • What we have learned: Which are our main diffi cul- we envisioning? How do we benefi t from people ties in this regard? What concrete proposals help who have a large and deep experience in CLC but more our members to grow in their vocation and who are not longer in leadership positions? · become CLC committed members? What does not • What we have taught: Do we have written material help, distract or disturb? · for leadership formation? Can we recommend read- • What we have taught: Have we formulated clear ings, strategies, programs, activities or other ways of orientations for temporal – permanent commitment? fostering CLC leadership? Do we have a “formula” for commitments, well ac- 4. SJ – CLC collaboration · cepted by everybody and that can be shared with the • What we have done: Have we progressed in a more World Community? effective collaboration with the Society of Jesus? 7. Finances: · Through which concrete forms? Have we a sus- • What have we done: Does our National Community tained dialogue with the Society’s authorities, works, have suffi cient fi nancial resources to meet the needs spiritual guides, etc? Have we received the helps that of the community? Are we preparing a fi nancial we need? Have we offered ourselves in ways we are plan/ yearly budget taking into account our differ- able to help? Have we one or more concrete stories ent activities and commitments? How well do our to tell on this subject? · members support the National Community with • What we have learned: Which are our own main dues or in other ways? What efforts are underway to diffi culties in this fi eld? Which are the most diffi cult improve the fi nancial situation in our community? · issues in our dialogue with the SJ? Which are the • What have we learned: What have been the barriers main opportunities/fi elds for actual collaboration? to improving our fi nancial situation? If we initiated Have we worked/refl ected upon the working docu- efforts to become more fi nancially viable, how have ment about CLC – SJ collaboration in the Church? · they worked? · • What we have taught: Can we recommend read- • What have we taught: What has worked for us in this ings, strategies, programs, activities or other ways of area? Do we have strategies or materials that we can fostering CLC – SJ collaboration? share? 5. Apostolic initiatives: · Finally, we ask you also to complete the enclosed com- • What we have done: Have we initiated new aposto- munity profi le, which intends to have similar information late activity since Nairobi? Which fi elds of aposto- from all national communities, and to be able to have a late are more developed and convoke more members rapid screening of where we are, how many we are, what in our national community? Have we developed do we do, etc. A directory of these profi les will be avail- some expertise within our national community that able to all delegates at Fatima 2008. we can offer and share with others? Do we have an NGO Contact and is that person linked effectively to Please do react before January 31 and if you need our structures? What communication network is in clarifi cation please contact our Secretariat. place to share the information from the UN Working Groups to the whole National Community? Have In Christ, you shared information back from your National Daniela Frank José Reyes Alberto Brito sj Community to the Working Groups? · President Vice President Ecclesiastical • What we have learned: Which new elements have Assistant. we brought to our apostolic refl ection and involve- ment since Nairobi? Which reforms have we intro- Back to Table of Contents A Reminder from the Diversity and Organization Committee

The Diversity and Organization committee is working 1. Connect our diverse communities so that we all towards the completion of its charges. In July, 2007, the feel part of one CLC USA –“unity in diversity”; NCC charged the Diversity and Organization Commit- 2. Develop supportive structures to link youth and tee (formerly called Culture and Structure) to develop a young adults to each other and the larger CLC; process and convene leadership to “understand the current 3. Develop greater consistency of language and expe- realities of CLC-USA, frame a vision of CLC-USA, and rience across our community; make recommendations for a new organization of CLC- 4/ Develop models of organization to better support USA that would support these realities and vision.” The and facilitate growth of our membership -- geo- committee is planning two weekend meetings to both de- graphically, culturally and among various age velop CLC leadership and provide a forum for visioning a groups; functional structure for CLC-USA as we progress into the 5. Develop those characteristics needed for leading 21st century. These weekend meetings in 2008 and 2009 within CLC-USA including the skills needed for coupled with input from local communities and regional/ personal and communal discernment” cultural leadership groups are the central place where we At this time your communities are probably in the pro- will do this work. At this point regional, culture groups cess of discerning participants for the conference in 2008. and youth and young adult leaders should have received All participants are to register at the Dong Hanh website: an invitation to discern representatives to attend these two www.donghanh.org. Scroll to the bottom of the page and meetings. The following is an excerpt from that invitation: you’ll fi nd a link to the registration page and other docu- “You and several other leaders from your region/cul- ments of interest including an initial survey and criteria tural or young adult group are invited to participate in two for selecting representatives. Please feel free to review the important leadership meetings of CLC USA. The fi rst of material and take the time to refl ect on your calling within these weekend meetings will take place in Pittsburgh, PA CLC-USA. You can respond to your regional/cultural or from April 24 – 27, 2008 at Gilmary Diocesan Center. Youth and Young Adult leadership if you feel you would The follow up meeting will be in early 2009. In both cases like to be considered for an active role in this exciting proj- we will gather on Thursday evening and fi nish our work ect. Our committee looks forward to working with many together on Sunday afternoon around 3:00pm. Our goals of you as we move towards our goals. Have a blessed and are to: grace fi lled New Year. More information can be fount at: http://www.donghanh.org/main/register_CLC_Leader- ship_2008.htm

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UN CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE December 2007 The December 2007 CLC-NGO Bulletin has been sent to the regional representatives for distribution within the regions’ communities. It features a full report on CLC The Ignatian Solidarity Network’s 10th annual Igna- participation at the Annual United Nations Department of tian Family Teach-In for Justice took place Nov. 16-18th Information/NGO Conference, on “Climate Change: How in Ft. Benning, GA. Youth and young adult CLCs were It Impacts Us All”. It includes comments from the NY represented by Jen Horan (CLC Western Region), Jazmin CLC Working Group members who attended, and informa- Jimenez (CLC LMU Alumni), and Matthew “Jake” Jacob- tion on how NGOs like CLC can act to reduce the threat of son (CLC Loyola University Chicago), who presented a global warming. breakout session entitled “Where Faith Meets Justice in Community.” CLCERS’ ACTIONS ON WATER ISSUES Jen Horan had this to say about the experience: Jeanne DeSimone Sieger reports from the North Central Region, Milwaukee, WI, area, that CLCers were “We had a wonderful trip to Georgia and the CLC asked at their Regional retreat not to purchase/use bottled breakout session was successful. We had a good con- water. She has also been personally involved in keeping nection with several people interested in CLC and some the Franklin, WI, Environmental Commission from being students from existing CLC programs came as well in disbanded by having neighbors sign petitions and alerting order to connect with the greater CLC community. Jes- local newspapers to the situation. Environmental issues are sica Mueller [Loyola University New Orleans) introduced very important in the area because of the need to protect herself to the group as being the host for the next Cura the wetlands whose waters run into Lake Michigan, and Personalis and it was great that we had something so very because of the fact that half of these wetlands, crucial concrete to offer to the participants in our session as a fol- to water supplies, have already been lost in Wisconsin. low-up if they were interested. There was a priest (Roco) Jeanne also provided us with the following quote: from the New York Province as well whose provincial sent him to the workshop.” All ethics ... rest upon a single premise: that the indi- vidual is a member of a community of interdependent Plans are underway to plan the Cura Personalis parts ... The land ethic simply enlarges the boundaries Leadership Conference for college/university students and of the community to include soils, waters, plants and campus ministers that will take place in 2008 at Loyola animals, or collectively, the land. University New Orleans. A planning committee has been —Aldo Leopold, conservationist, author, Wilderness formed and is comprised of representation from Loyola Society founder New Orleans, Rockhurst University, Fordham University, Loyola Marymount University, as well as members of the Note: If you, as a CLC member or as part of your National Formation Team and NCC. Please stay tuned for CLC, are working on water issues, please let us know so more information. we can share your concerns and actions with all CLC-USA communities. You may e-mail your information to your re- Approximately ten to fi fteen youth/young adults are gional representative or to Maggie Khuly at makhuly@aol. being invited to participate in the CLC Leadership Confer- com ence in Pittsburgh, PA from April 24-27, 2008. In addition to attending this important meeting, young adults will meet separately during this meeting to help discern and guide the future of young adult CLCs in the U.S. If anyone has any ideas, articles or photos for sub- CLC IS NOW ON YOUTUBE! mission to the CLC-YYA website and/or the CLC-YYA bi-annual newsletter that will be sent in January, please You can now learn more about CLC on Youtube. Go to: contact us by Dec. 31 at [email protected] or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baT7wGRoTg0 [email protected]

Back to Table of Contents FROM THE REGIONS… individuals attend to their civil affairs. Sr. Mary Funge from Discipleship volunteers in the National CLC offi ce at Jesuit Hall answering the phone and handling the mail MISSOURI REGION for us. A member of the Pilgrim CLC, Dan Zink, M.D., We have been busy in the Missouri Region with a made contact this year with Our Lady’s Inn, a residential number of CLC happenings. We held a Visioning Day in pregnancy care center, to set up well baby and well women October with fourteen in attendance for reports and revisit- visits with the mothers. Joan Nowak from Sacred Circle ing the goals we set two years ago in building community Ken Weindel, another John XXIII member, works on a and involvement in CLC. It was Linda Leib’s fi rst gather- project with Fr. Joseph from Africa.. Joan DeWitt, from ing as our new Regional Coordinator and she is off to a National CLC fame, now runs a food pantry year round at great beginning with much planning and organizational a local parish in Ferguson, MO. Mary Ann Wachtel from ideas already in place. We are happy and grateful to have Discipleship is participating in talks concerning social ac- her leadership at this time. tion with regard to the situation in the U.S. for immigrants and undocumented persons. Nicholas Owen has a very ac- Here in the Midwest, we head into winter with snow tive CLC in social ministry with Jan Nimer working with on the ground. This time of year reminds us of those women from Bosnia, Don DeHart at St. Peter and Paul, a who need extra help not only around Thanksgiving and parish very well known for its work with the poor. Bro. Jo- Christmas but throughout the year. Some of our members seph works at the Retreat Center run by his religious com- from Sacred Circle prepared packages with their parish to munity, the Christian Brothers. Sr. Pauline Blandina and provide Thanksgiving dinner to a great number of families. Carol Boerding are Spiritual Directors. This only scratches Joan Nowak from Sacred Circle coordinates the open- the surface of all that our CLC members engage in in the ing of St. Joseph’s to house and feed homeless families area of social ministry. with young children over the Thanksgiving and Christmas weekends as well as one weekend each month. John XXIII In closing, we are grateful for the yearly hospitality of CLC has adopted a senior citizen for Christmas with pres- Yvonne and Don DeHart who welcome the region for an ents and good wishes. Advent celebration. This table fellowship is a highlight of our calendar. The DeHarts greet us the way Christians There are many examples of participation in all man- wait to welcome the Christ Child; Yvonne and Don always ner of social ministry. As a region we have taken on the have ‘room at the inn.’ They witness for all of us the true Water Project from National CLC, learning about the spirit of Christian Life Community®. ramifi cations of being good stewards of water. We have studied it locally and globally with the expertise of Ron RIEMAN-GREAT LAKES REGION Nimer. Every year at our World CLC Day we provide a Detroit, Toledo and Cleveland members gathered time for immersion experiences where we join in some together at St. John’s High School in Toledo, Ohio, on good work in the city. This coming January, CLC mem- Saturday, October 27th to meditate on the tapes of Fr. bers will be called upon to provide the transportation to a John Shea, S.J., Praying the Our Father, led by Fr. Bernie retreat for homeless men given by a Jesuit retreat master Owens, S.J. from Chicago. Later in the month, Pat Carter, a member of Discipleship CLC, will offer an experiential workshop us- Helpful prayer links — www.prayingeachday.org ing the Ignatian tools of discernment, examen and others. Exciting news! Another CLC group is forming in Steve Fowler, our Saint Louis University CLC Campus Toledo, Ohio. Minister is planning a project around the Water issue. In March, World CLC day will be in conjunction with St. NEW YORK REGION Matthew’s Parish in the Ville Neighborhood of St. Louis. Several members of our Metro CLC are responding Fr. Mark McKenzie, S.J., welcomes us to spend the day to e-mail alerts from Catholic Charities and Justice for with members of St. Matthew’s. Immigrants. They are writing to congressional representa- Every Sunday on the front steps of Saint Francis Xavi- tives about the punitive unjust sections of comprehensive er College Church, citizens from all areas and walks of life immigration reform bills, additional aid to poor families keep vigil together standing against the war. Judy Szot, a for fuel and health care, and supporting a bill which would long time CLCer, is present almost every week. St. Francis allow children of immigrants to attend college under the also opens its doors every Wednesday to assist people in Dream Act. This has been a direct response from the Day the community to apply for assistance in a variety of situ- of Prayer held last Spring, which focused in part on unjust ations—from giving out packets of necessities to helping structures and how, through prayer, some have chosen to

Back to Table of Contents respond. While the legislation hasn’t passed, the advocacy Omaha Cluster is continuing. The Creighton Jesuit Community invited members of CLC along with Ignatian Associates to a Nov. 14th NORTH CENTRAL REGION celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Father Over fi fty CLCers, including members from every Pedro Arrupe, S.J., the late General of the Society of Jesus. cluster in the Region, attended the retreat and meeting at The celebration began with Mass at 5 PM in St. John’s the Creighton University Retreat Center near Griswold, Church on the Creighton University Campus. A social and Iowa. The number of retreatants was one of the largest potluck supper followed in the lower church. since the regional retreats began a decade ago. An Advent Afternoon of Refl ection was planned for The presenters were Father Dick McCaslin, S.J., and members in the Omaha area from 1:30 to 4:30 PM on Sister Marie Schwann, C.S.J., both experienced retreat Saturday, Dec. 1st. It was to be held in the Union Pacifi c leaders. Room of Creighton University’s Reinert Alumni Library. A special feature Dr. Susan Calef, Director of Graduate Studies in Theology, was a surprise program was the presenter. Her theme was, “Waiting and Longing.” honoring our Regional (Because of icy weather, this event was postponed until Ecclesial Assistant, Fa- Dec. 8th) ther Jack Zuercher, S.J. The new Omaha Cluster Convener, Linda Hayek, in- On hand for the gentle vited area community representatives to attend a planning roast was a surprise meeting on Saturday, Nov. 14th. The meeting was held visitor, Sister Suzanne at Ignatius House, the Jesuit residence on the Creighton Zuercher, O.S.B., Father Campus. Jack’s sister. All churches in Omaha held a Vigil of Hope on Sun- A treasurer’s report and reports on the National Guides day, Dec. 2nd at 5 PM, to pray for the end of violence in Course and the National Formation Team were presented our beloved community. Many members of CLC attended. at the business meeting that followed the retreat. Milwaukee Cluster In presenting his report, Treasurer Bob Smith stressed Pat Ruel, of Gesu Companions, hosted a Milwaukee that CLCers are members not only of their small commu- cluster potluck and social at his home to celebrate the nities, but also of Regional, National and World CLC—all Feast of St. Ignatius. of which require fi nancial support. Martin Claude Domfang, S.J., of Cameroon, has joined Linda Hayek and Dennis Hamm, S.J., who participated Gesu Companions. A Jesuit priest of the Province of West in the National Guides and Coordinators Formation Course Africa, he began study for a doctorate in mechanical engi- in June, were enthusiastic about the insights gained about neering this Fall at Marquette University. He was active in their own CLC experiences. CLC in Cameroon. Eileen Burke-Sullivan, a member of the National Formation Team, told of its goals and plans. She said it is stressing the need for increased formation experiences in We mourn the passing of one of our Omaha members, established communities as well as beginning communi- John McDonald. While acting bravely and trying to save ties. This led to a lively discussion about ideas for the other lives, he fell victim to a gunman who shot and killed future for communities, clusters and the region. Several a number of people at the Westroads Mall in early Decem- members mentioned the need for more formation for better ber. communities. NEW ENGLAND REGION Our Regional Executive Council met Sept. 14-15th. Once again NECLC was blessed to meet with the Early next year we will complete two years of convening. Dong Hanh community in the area. It is time to establish rules, e.g., for replacing members. The Missouri Region recently established such rules. We Around fi fteen children and twenty fi ve adults gath- hope to adapt them for our region, then approve them— ered at the Nguyen’s residence in October. perhaps during a December teleconference. NECLC members and ExCo members joined the Dong Hanh community members at their monthly meeting. It did not take long for little ones Lucia and Alexis to join in with Back to Table of Contents all of the other children. They all played and had so much and both acquainted with ‘comunidades de base’ in the fun together. U.S. and in Nigeria. Also in attendance were members of the San Antonio Claret parish, Fr. Camille Prat, S.J., and Mass was celebrated with active participation of the Fred Leone, former NCLC President (1967—1971), when young ones. A wonderful skit about the Virgin of Fatima the National Federation of Sodalities changed its name to and a delicious feast were also included as a part of the National Federation of Christian Life Communities. After program. Mass, about twenty persons gathered to hear Fred tell Our three communities continue meeting regularly. about CLC and to ask questions, all of this taking place in Two communities meet at their members’ houses and one both Spanish and English. community meets at a local church. Each community Since that special Mass, where Beti Leone made a decides the theme and the materials to be used during the temporary commitment to CLC, members of the pre-CLC meetings. Social gatherings are also part of the life of our group continue with their involvement in diverse projects: communities. prison ministry, ESL classes in ‘campesino’ labor camps The region keeps in touch with Steve Stasheff, who near Raisin City, and work with various parishes in Fresno. moved to Iowa in July. We look forward to going to his The group would like to partner with an established CLC wedding in 2008. for sharing support and community. In this spirit of col- laboration, the coordinator of The Vine and the Branches, At the moment NECLC does not have an Ecclesial Beti Leone, will be meeting with life-long (currently Assistant. We hope somebody is appointed to that position diaspora) CLCer Kathy Hicks of Salinas, for consultation ASAP. and support. Our regional website is regularly updated. Please go to www.clcnewengland.net “News and Events” section to see pictures of all of our regional gatherings, dating from 2004. Our region has started working on Projects 136, as we prepare for the World CLC Assembly in 2008 in Portugal. Each community will prepare a report which will be com- FROM OUR TREASURER— piled by our Regional Chair Person/ Regional Representa- tive What does your National CLC dues support? Total operating expenses for CLC-USA for the year WESTERN REGION ending December 31, 2007, amounted to approximately Holy Family Community has begun a series of dis- $59,791. Here is a break out of what your National dues cussions on ‘Simple Living’ as the focus of the group’s have been able to support so far this year— meetings for the next several months of 2008. In 2007 we completed the exercises in The People’s Peace Initiative 25.6% Harvest publication costs provided by Pax Christi. This was a little longer, but it was 22.2% ExCo and NCC quarterly meetings a really interesting challenge to each individual’s sense of 18.3% World CLC dues ‘peace’ and what that term means in many different arenas 13.1% National offi ce support or contexts. This would be a good option on which the 8.4% Formation Committee efforts CLC Regions or even CLC-USA could collaborate on for a 7.9% World CLC initiatives (includes School for larger input to the Pax Christi project! AIDS Orphans in Kenya) 4.5% Diversity and Organization (Culture and Our Cluster also began a review/compilation of its Diversity) Committee ‘history’ at a meeting in 2006 (placed in chronological order, including the Ecclesial Assistant ‘lineage’ and then A complete review of CLC-USA’s fi nancial results sent to all members during 2007. We intend to keep it will be forthcoming in a future Harvest article. updated. If you have any questions regarding dues, fi nances Fresno’s pre-CLC group, The Vine and the Branches, or other fi scal matters, please contact Kitty Gray, CLC- has been blessed with two new members as we met in the USA Treasurer or your Regional Representative. Fall and continue into the new year. A special CLC event of the Christmas season was a liturgy on December 27th, concelebrated by Fr. Gabriel and Fr. Tony, both Claretians

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The Association for the Rights of Catholics in the 5. At least a three- to fi ve-year recommendation gather- Church (ARCC), in its Summer 2007 newsletter, pub- ing process leading up to the Council, including public lished a proposal by its President, Dr. Leonard Swidler national hearings in a half-dozen major representative ([email protected]), with the request that it be widely cities, with encouragement of every kind of gathering disseminated among Catholic organizations. The proposal of recommendations from organizations, parishes, etc. is for a Council broadly representative of American Catho- This prior process will be at least as important as the lics, to be prepared for over a period of several years by Council itself. public hearings and other ways of gathering recommenda- 6. ARCC urges everyone reading this to promote the idea tions for dealing with the problems in our Church. ARCC every way possible, privately, publicly, and in every suggests that Catholic organizations (such as ours, per- organization you have a connection with. haps) even focus their national meetings on this proposed Council as a contribution to the preparatory process. Some For those not familiar with ARCC, it was founded in of the proposal’s highlights are the following: 1980 and has focused particularly on issues of canon law, producing such documents as A Catholic Bill of Rights 1. ARCC has long advocated a U.S. national Catholic (Sheed & Ward, 1988), Charter of the Rights of Catholics council, at times even using the term “Constitutional in the Church (5th edition, 1994), and Toward a Catholic Convention”. Around three years ago several U.S. Constitution (Crossroad, 1996). For more information see bishops spoke publicly about a U.S. national council. http://arccsites.org/. Recently the idea of a national synod surfaced as a possible focus of Voice of the Faithful. You may recall a similar process that we in CLC fol- 2. Such a Council would aim to raise the consciousness lowed twenty years ago in preparation for the 1987 World of American (and other) Catholics about what Vatican Synod of Bishops on the Mission of the Laity in the Church II Catholicism should look like in the 21st century. It and in the World. CLC then took an active interest in the would mainly be an educational effort, aimed at chang- preparations for that bishops’ conference, and we made ing the minds of thinking Catholics who are committed extensive comments on the lineamenta circulated by the to staying in the Catholic Church and working to bring Vatican. Despite the efforts of many, that top-down initia- about reforms. tive seemed to have little result. Our hope is that a broadly- based bottom-up effort, constructive in spirit, will make 3. This should not be just a “lay” council. Presumably a greater impact. The need is self-evident. The members most participants will be laity, women and men, but it of Whisper of God CLC (Carole Burnett, John and Meg should be open to all Catholics, whether lay, religious, Czajka, Daryl Domning, Fred Leone, Hubert Ngueha, and or clerical. The American bishops should also be in- Nestor Ymeli) unanimously endorse this plan and recom- vited. mend this proposal to CLC for formal consideration at our 4. The documents of Vatican II plus the resolutions of future regional and national meetings. the 1976 Call to Action – Liberty and Justice for All conference in Detroit should be used as the resource documents for the Council. The Detroit conference included such recommendations as: • Accountability to the people of God of church authorities on all levels, including offi cial agencies and church-related institutions, for their fi nancial policies and practices, including investments and http://arccsites.org the ownership and alienation of property.... • Involvement of the local church in the selection of bishops and pastors.... • Shared responsibility in policy-making through development of structures and practices of consul- tation at every level of the church....

Back to Table of Contents FROM SOUTH AFRICA schooling in Johannesburg. Their mother died in 1969; their father in 1976. The day reason and right died: Friday 16 November, 6:30 PM While a student at the University of the Witwatersrand, Mike Larkin (age 58) was walking in Roslyn Road Mike as a daily communicant at Holy Trinity, Braamfon- towards St. Michael’s Catholic Church, on nearby busy tain. After his LLM, Mike served with Werksmans At- Rowkoop Road, which was only 500 yards away. In the torneys, Johannesburg and was admitted as an attorney verdant back road, sun dappled peacefully though new in 1975. In 1976 he joined the staff of Wits as Lecturer in summer leaves, bouncing off clear fl owing water in the Corporate Law. He became a professor in 1990 and was Liesbeek River Canal, next to it. Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Law from 1999-2000. At Mike strode towards the little wooden bridge span- Wits he served on many boards, the Board of the Fac- ning the canal that would have brought him into the church ulty of Commerce, among others. He chaired the Board parking area behind the Adoration Chapel, where he was of Management of a non-governmental organisation that going to fulfi ll his allocated Friday evening meditation responded to the educational needs of young people whose before Our Lord. Mike’s working week as Professor of lives were disrupted by apartheid. Commercial Law at the University of Cape Town was He also served on numerous committees, e.g., Sen- over. The meeting of the Animal Rights Ethics Committee ate committees concerned with language policy, academic , from which he was returning, could have made him feel timetables, scholarships and research awards. He was part at peace with the world in the quiet road he was crossing. of a task group that prepared evidence for submission by The University end of year examination scripts were in his Wits to the National Commission on Higher Education. bag for later work; for the coming weekend. Mike was a member of the Editorial Board of the Annual But what the muggers saw was only a neat black bag. Survey of South African Law and the Editorial Advisory Perhaps it contained a laptop, a wallet or other ‘saleable Board of the Annual Mercantile Law Journal. He was ex- goods’. And they grabbed. Mike pulled. A blade fl ashed; it aminer to various institutions, e.g., Corporate Law for the sank into his chest. “It only has exam papers,” he shouted South African Institute of Charted Secretaries and Admin- repeatedly. He was stabbed again and again; then fell istrators. His publications include chapters in “Company “Help me. Help me,” he shouted. The muggers ran into the Law” of “The Law of South Africa” (1982 published by canal towards Rondebosch Station. Rushing out, a Roslyn Buetterworths and dozens of articles in accredited journals. Road resident held Mike’s bleeding body as he died, there Professor Hugh Corder, Dean of the UCT Law Fac- on the road, for the price of a black canvas bag. ulty, attests to considerable persuasion on his part to get Mike Larkin was highly respected as a lawyer, teacher, Professor Michael Larkin to join the University of Cape administrator, colleague, friend and family man. Tributes Town staff as head of the department of Commercial Law at the packed St. Michael’s requiem Mass on 23 Novem- in 2006. He made “…an immediate and deep impact on ber, offi ciated by Fr. Graham Pugin, S.J., described a the staff and the students, both of which are utterly stricken gentle, peace loving, yet determined man of action, with with grief at their loss.” A note left with some fl owers from great supportive empathy and acute insight, blessed with a student, read, “You were the man I want to be.” a marvelous sense of humour. Friends and associates from Mike as a dearly loved and regular member of eight America, Rome, Vienna, Toronto, Australia and all over who attended the Kolbe CLC meetings on a Tuesday eve- South Africa wee still in shock at his utterly senseless ning. He often attended the 7 PM Mass said by Fr. Pugin, murder. “The right of safety that should exist in the societ- before he led the group. We were a fi nely bonded group ies we create has been violated,” close friend Judge Dennis and like so many others Mike has left behind, it is diffi cult Davis wrote. Nephew Jarred Larkin said his uncle would to think of how we will continue without him. have wanted forgiveness from them, “…which I can’t do right now.” Mike leaves an adult daughter Elizabeth, in London, a brother Peter and his family in Cape Town, and a sister Michael Patrick Larkin was born on 10 March, 1949 Bridget with her family in Johannesburg. in Johannesburg. He was partially sighted from birth, a condition then known as a ‘squint’ that did not improve “His life was gentle, and the elements despite an operation and extensive treatment in England. So mix’d in him that Nature might stand up With age it deteriorated, leaving him unable to drive. The And say to all the world, (originally Irish) family members were committed Catho- lics and Mike, along with his younger brother Peter, were ‘This was a man!’” (Julius Caesar, Act V. Sc V.) altar boys throughout their Marist Brothers, St. David,

Back to Table of Contents FROM AN ADDRESS OF POPE BENEDICT XVI... NATIONAL IGNATIAN SPRITUALITY CONFERENCE IV The theme of the Twelfth World Congress of the Inter- IGNATIAN PASSION: national Commission of Catholic Prison Pastoral Care, THE CHALLENGE OF THE CROSS IN THE “Discovering the Face of Christ in Every Prisoner,”(Mt 25:36), aptly portrays your 21ST CENTURY, ministry as a vivid encounter with the Lord. July 24-27, 2008, Indeed, in Christ the “love of God and love at Saint Louis University. of neighbor have become one”, so that The Missouri Province of the Society “in the least of the brethren we find Jesus of Jesus, Saint Louis University, and the himself, and in him God” St. Louis Center for Ignatian Spirituality will sponsor a fourth conference on Ignatian Spirituality. (Deus Caritas Est,”15). The conference, Ignatian Passion: The Challenge of the Cross in the 21st Century, will be held on Thursday CALENDAR OF EVENTS evening, through Sunday, noon, July 24-27, 2008, at Saint Louis University. UN Orientation for University CLC Students Once again, the conference will gather persons (lay, Fordham University Jesuit, clergy and other religious) who: April 10-13, 2008 www.religiousorderspartnership.org • Conduct works rooted in Ignatian spirituality such as the retreat in everyday life (19th annota- CLC-USA Leadership Conference 2008 tion retreat) programs, Christian Life Communi- Gilmary Diocesan Center, ties, Ignatian-centered prayer groups, university, 601 Flaugherty Run Rd., Coraopolis, PA 15108 high school, retreat, and parish ministries; and April 24-27, 2008 Jesuit Volunteer Corps http://www.donghanh.org/main/register_CLC_Leader- • Participate in the activities of such programs and ship_2008.htm desire to deepen their spiritual growth and their commitment to creating the reign of God Meditative Retreat • Have a personal desire to live Ignatian spiritual- Cahokia Mounds, Illinois ity more deeply July 22 - 24, 2008 • Desire, as Jesuits, to share Ignatian spiritual- http://www.clc-usa.org/docs/2008RetreatFlyer.pdf ity with others as envisioned in the Decree on Ignatian Spirituality Conference Cooperation with the Laity in Mission, in the Ignatian Passion, The Challenge of the Cross in the documents of General Congregation 34 21st Century. St. Louis, MO KEYNOTE ADDRESSES: July 24-27, 2008 The Passion of Christ and the Third Week http://www.slu.edu/conferences/isc/index. Rev. David L. Fleming, S.J Summer NCC Meeting What Does Ignatian Passion Look Like Today? St. Louis, Missouri Marie Schwann, C.S.J. July 27-30, 2008 The Passion in Everyday Life World CLC Assembly Dr. Eileen Burke-Sullivan, S.T.D. Fatima, Portugal Rev. Kevin Burke, S.J. August 8-21, 2008 http://www.fatima2008.org/ For more information and to register: http://www.slu.edu/conferences/isc/index.html NEXT ISSUE

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